Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking

Episode 6: Against the Backdrop of War

January 25, 2020 The Association of Jewish Refugees Season 1 Episode 6
Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking
Episode 6: Against the Backdrop of War
Show Notes

With the onset of war in September 1939, the transport of child refugees to Britain stops, stranding untold numbers of children in Europe and cutting off those children who had already arrived in Britain from their families. Ursula Gilbert recalls her experience bouncing around between homes, hostels and job training opportunities. Other refugees describe being sent to work on farms and as domestic servants.